Who are we?
Our Stories
Born in mainland China and shaped by North American education, Give to Nature’s co-founders embody cross-cultural bridge-building. Their lived experience proves that even across divides, authentic dialogue can transform conflict into collaboration.
Working together at Global Environmental Institute (GEI), they learned the art of impossible – bringing opposing stakeholders to the table and facilitating breakthrough dialogues of the environment where others saw only deadlock.
This experience became the DNA of their approach: creating uncommon alliances that transform environmental challenges into collaborative solutions.
OUR EXPERTISE
We serve as strategic bridge-builders, empowering communities through:
Multi-Stakeholder Orchestration
Facilitating uncommon alliances between local communities, governments, businesses, and investors
Cultural & Policy Fluency
Leveraging deep understanding of local contexts to create implementable solutions
Resource Mobilization
Unlocking and aligning diverse funding streams with community priorities
Innovation for Impact
Designing tailored interventions that turn challenges into sustainable opportunities
OUR TEAM
YUNZHU CHEN
Co-founder
Graduated with a Master Degree from University of Toronto, Yunzhu used to work as a field biologist with Canadian NGOs such as the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. She joined the Global Environmental Institute in 2016 and has been working on commuity-based conservation and sustainable development in China and Southeast Asia.
JINGWEI ZHANG
Co-founder
Jingwei received a master’s degree in city planning from Boston University and joined the Global Environmental Institute afterwards in 2016. Jingwei has researched extensively on the impacts of China’s overseas investments and trade, forest-risk commodity supply chains and green finance, as well as promoting initiatives on countering wildlife trafficking.
Talk to us
Have any questions? We are always open to talk about our experience, new projects, creative opportunities and how we can collaborate.